re: Orleans Parish ranked #1 for homicide rate nationwide = We did it NOLA!

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Keep them in poverty and dependent on the government and you have a vote for life. It's all about getting re elected and they don't give a frick about those people.

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Mitch sitting in his office like:

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Monroe, LA

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I worked /trained Trauma in Pre-Katrina NOLA for years and still have many colleagues in the city. They all confirm it's back to "Murder Capital" levels.

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1. ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA

Homicide rate: 43 homicides per 100,000 people
Median household income: $36,792
New Orleans crime index: 6 out of 100

Orleans Parish, while the smallest parish by land area in Louisiana, has the highest homicide rate not only in the state but in the country. Orleans Parish is home to almost 400,000 people and includes New Orleans, the largest city in the state. New Orleans accounts for the majority of the homicides in this county

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2. COAHOMA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

Homicide rate: 37 homicides per 100,000 people
Median household income: $28,851
Clarksdale crime index: 2 out of 100

Cahoma County is one of two counties from Mississippi to make the top 10. Even as a small county with just over 25,000 residents, Cahoma County is no stranger to violent crime. The county seat of Clarksdale

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3. PHILLIPS COUNTY, ARKANSAS

Homicide rate: 34 homicides per 100,000 people
Median household income: $26,844
Helena-West Helena crime index: 2 out of 100

Phillips County is another rural county to make this list, with a population of just under 22,000. The county seat is Helena-West Helena.

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4. ST. LOUIS CITY, MISSOURI (TIE)

Homicide rate: 33 homicides per 100,000 people
Median household income: $35,599
St. Louis crime index: 1 out of 100

The city of St. Louis, which is an independent city and doesn’t fall within any county, has one of the highest rates of murder in the nation. While ranking fourth on this list, St. Louis’ murder rate has actually skyrocketed over the past few years

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4. BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND (TIE)

Homicide rate: 33 homicides per 100,000 people
Median household income: $42,241
Baltimore crime index: 2 out of 100

Baltimore is the largest independent city in the country with over 620,000 residents, and like St. Louis, it has a historically high murder rate.

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6. PETERSBURG CITY, VIRGINIA

Homicide rate: 32 homicides per 100,000 people
Median household income: $31,798
Petersburg crime index: 10 out of 100

Petersburg is an independent town with a population just over 30,000, making it the smallest independent city on the list.

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7. MACON COUNTY, ALABAMA (TIE)

Homicide rate: 27 homicides per 100,000 people
Median household income of county seat: $30,738
Tuskegee crime index: 3 out of 100

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7. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (TIE)

Homicide rate: 27 homicides per 100,000 people
Median household income: $70,848
District of Columbia crime iIndex: 3 out of 100

The nation’s capital is also a hub for murder, and in the early ‘90s was known as the murder capital of the nation.

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9. WASHINGTON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI (TIE)

Homicide rate: 25 homicides per 100,000 people
Median household income of county seat: $29,144
Greenville crime index: 2 out of 100

Washington County is home to over 50,000 people. Washington County suffers from consistently high unemployment rates, hovering between 8 and 18 percent since 2008. Over one-third of residents live in poverty in the county seat of Greenville

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9. DALLAS COUNTY, ALABAMA (TIE)

Homicide rate: 25 homicides per 100,000 people
Median household iIncome: $27,306
Selma crime index: 0 out of 100

Dallas County has a long history of violence, and in recent years, the area has encountered a spike in gang-related violence in some of the county’s poorest communities.

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Not my stats

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